http://www.mail.com/locations/8320-south-asia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/8320-south-asia.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html LONDON (AP) — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her nurses' quarters Dec. 7 by a colleagu... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html 2012-12-14T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Ravi Shankar was the master of the sitar — the sitar that Sanjay Sharma made. Like his grandfather and father before him, Sharma built, tuned and repaired instruments for the virtuoso who introduced Westerners to the sitar and Indian classical music. Sharma traveled around the world with Shankar and late in the maestro's life even created... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html 2012-12-13T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764736-pentagon-warns-higher-bomb-threat-drawdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — American and coalition forces in Afghanistan will be more vulnerable to deadly improvised explosive devices as the military draws down troops next year, a senior Pentagon official said Thursday. Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero described his concerns about what is the top cause of military and civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan in congr... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1764736-pentagon-warns-higher-bomb-threat-drawdown.html 2012-12-13T20:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763138-pakistan-extends-refugee-status-afghans.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has extended refugee status for over a million Afghans in the country by an additional six months, the government announced — a move likely to ease fears of Afghans living there that they would soon have to return home. Pakistan has been hosting hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees dating back to the Soviet invasion of Afghan... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763138-pakistan-extends-refugee-status-afghans.html 2012-12-13T13:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763388-rights-group-accuses-pakistani-military-abuse.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Amnesty International accused the Pakistani military on Thursday of carrying out widespread human rights abuses in the country's northwest tribal region where the army is fighting a domestic Taliban insurgency. The military has regularly held people without charges and tortured or otherwise mistreated them in custody, the London-based rig... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763388-rights-group-accuses-pakistani-military-abuse.html 2012-12-13T10:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763562-pakistanis-naming-college-shot-girl.html MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani government official says several hundred students have rallied against naming their college after an activist schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, saying the move would be a security risk. The Taliban shot and wounded 15-year-old Malala Yousufzai in October in Mingora, the main town in the northwest Swat Valley, because of ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1763562-pakistanis-naming-college-shot-girl.html 2012-12-13T10:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760794-report-pakistani-lawmakers-file-taxes.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — The majority of Pakistani lawmakers do not file tax returns despite a legal requirement to do, a report said Wednesday, reinforcing concerns about the low level of tax revenue in the country. Pakistan has one of the lowest tax-to-GDP rates in the world because payment is not well enforced, and major areas of the economy, such as the agric... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1760794-report-pakistani-lawmakers-file-taxes.html 2012-12-12T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade career. He was a hippie musical icon of the 1960s. H... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html 2012-12-12T03:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759538-why-efforts-to-factory-fires-failed.html About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big retailers met nearby to discuss ways to prevent the unsafe working conditions that have made such tragedies common. Representatives from a dozen of the world's largest retailers and fashion labels gathered wi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759538-why-efforts-to-factory-fires-failed.html 2012-12-11T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757504-crashes-raise-concern-pakistani-air-force.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Over a dozen Pakistani air force planes have crashed in roughly the past 18 months, raising concerns about the health of an aging fleet that officials are struggling to upgrade because of a lack of funds. A significant number of the air force's combat aircraft are nearly half a century old and have been called on in recent years to help t... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757504-crashes-raise-concern-pakistani-air-force.html 2012-12-11T05:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755186-pakistan-us-drone-strike-kills-al-qaida-commander.html DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone strike has killed an al-Qaida commander in Pakistan's northwest, the second member of the Islamic militant network killed in the area in less than a week, Pakistani intelligence officials and a Taliban militant said Monday. Mohammad Ahmed al-Mansoor died Sunday when drone-launched missiles hit a house in Tabb... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755186-pakistan-us-drone-strike-kills-al-qaida-commander.html 2012-12-10T16:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753882-pakistan-us-drone-kills-senior-al-qaida-leader.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in the latest blow to the Islamic militant network. Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti, was killed when missiles slammed into a house... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1753882-pakistan-us-drone-kills-senior-al-qaida-leader.html 2012-12-09T16:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754002-pakistans-largest-city-rocked-wave-violence.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Bodies are piling up in Pakistan's largest city as it suffers one of its most violent years in history, and concern is growing that the chaos is giving greater cover for the Taliban to operate and undermining the country's economic epicenter. Karachi, a sprawling port city on the Arabian Sea, has long been beset by religious, sect... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754002-pakistans-largest-city-rocked-wave-violence.html 2012-12-09T11:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752576-karzai-afghan-spy-chief-bomber-pakistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that the recent assassination attempt on the country's intelligence chief was planned in Pakistan, but vowed it would not stop him from seeking Islamabad's help in coaxing militants to the negotiating table. The attack, carried out by a suicide bomber posing as a peace messenger, severe... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752576-karzai-afghan-spy-chief-bomber-pakistan.html 2012-12-08T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1752610-bollywood-wows-morocco-dreams-america.html MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — For once, the storytellers, snake charmers and food stalls were gone from Marrakech's main square and in their place pulsed a crowd of thousands of people waiting to see a legend of Indian cinema who has attained superstar status here in Morocco. "Shahrukh Khan! Shakrukh Khan!" the young men and women chanted in the chill night a... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1752610-bollywood-wows-morocco-dreams-america.html 2012-12-08T11:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752518-polarizing-indian-politician-seeks-win.html DHOLKA, India (AP) — For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the economic landscape of his part of India. But still they gasp when the curtains open and Modi — suddenly, magically — appears in front of them. Except he doesn't. Modi was actually in a studi... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752518-polarizing-indian-politician-seeks-win.html 2012-12-08T05:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751468-indias-parliament-permits-foreign-retailers-entry.html NEW DELHI (AP) — India's parliament on Friday approved the government's plans to open up the country's massive retail sector to international big-box companies such as Wal-Mart. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's beleaguered government won the vote in the upper house of parliament on Friday, two days after it had won a similar approval in the powerful lower ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751468-indias-parliament-permits-foreign-retailers-entry.html 2012-12-07T18:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750240-apnewsbreak-dhaka-factory-lost-fire-certification.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The factory where 112 garment workers died in a fire should have been shut down months ago. The fire department refused to renew the certification it needed to operate, a top fire official told The Associated Press. And its owner told AP that just three of the factory's eight floors were legal. He was building a ninth. Government ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750240-apnewsbreak-dhaka-factory-lost-fire-certification.html 2012-12-07T13:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1743874-us-drone-kills-3-suspected-militants-pakistan.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A U.S. drone fired a pair of missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing three suspected militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The strike hit Mubarak Shahi village in the North Waziristan tribal area, the main sanctuary for al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakist... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1743874-us-drone-kills-3-suspected-militants-pakistan.html 2012-12-06T03:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742552-ioc-suspends-india-political-interference.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for the world's second most populous nation. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the worl... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742552-ioc-suspends-india-political-interference.html 2012-12-04T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1741756-officials-familiar-with-case-ioc-suspends-india.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1741756-officials-familiar-with-case-ioc-suspends-india.html 2012-12-04T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1740248-chinese-co-to-pay-2m-nuke-export-violations.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A company owned by the Chinese government has pleaded guilty for conspiring to violate nuclear export restrictions on Pakistan and agreed to pay $2 million in fines. The China Nuclear Industry Huaxing (Wa-ZING) Construction Co., pleaded guilty Monday and received a $2 million criminal fine — half of which won't have to be paid if the com... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1740248-chinese-co-to-pay-2m-nuke-export-violations.html 2012-12-03T17:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738972-gunman-severely-wounds-swedish-woman-pakistan.html LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A gunman on a motorcycle shot and severely wounded an elderly Swedish woman who worked at a church in eastern Pakistan on Monday, officials said. The woman, who was identified by Pakistani police as Bargetta Emmi, was getting out of her car in front of her home in the city of Lahore when she was shot in the neck by an unknown assai... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738972-gunman-severely-wounds-swedish-woman-pakistan.html 2012-12-03T16:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1739312-norways-crown-princess-minded-surrogate-children.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — When friends of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit couldn't travel to India to welcome their surrogate twins into the world, the royal stepped up, minding the couple's newborns for three days and even being mistaken by hospital staff for a nanny. In a statement from the Royal Court, the princess described how she had flown to New Delh... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1739312-norways-crown-princess-minded-surrogate-children.html 2012-12-03T15:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738996-bangladesh-fire-victims-want-jobs.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an exhaust fan. Her left leg is wrapped in bandages and she has trouble walking. Now she wants back in. "If the factory owner reopens the factory sometime soon, we will work again here,"... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738996-bangladesh-fire-victims-want-jobs.html 2012-12-03T08:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738224-turkeys-defense-pakistan-top-clintons-agenda.html PRAGUE (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Czech Republic for talks on energy policy in a country heavily dependent on Russian fuel. It's her first stop in a five-day trip to Europe. Also on her agenda are Turkey's defense and U.S. relations with Pakistan. Clinton joins NATO foreign ministers in Brussels to discuss Turkey's... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738224-turkeys-defense-pakistan-top-clintons-agenda.html 2012-12-03T00:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738204-pakistani-hindus-protest-destruction-temple.html KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Hindus Sunday protested the destruction of a Hindu temple in the southern port city of Karachi. The temple was razed, along with some nearby homes, by a builder. Minority Hindus have complained of increasing harassment and discrimination in Muslim-dominated Pakistan in recent years, including the destruction or desecrati... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738204-pakistani-hindus-protest-destruction-temple.html 2012-12-02T16:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1736442-factory-fire-global-commerce-local-tragedy.html In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes. Even in ruins, there's no missing that these T-shirts and jeans were intended for U.S. stores and shopping carts, designed as bargains too good to pass up, or stocking stuffers just in time for the holidays and in just the righ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1736442-factory-fire-global-commerce-local-tragedy.html 2012-12-01T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736236-suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-3-pakistan.html DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three militants in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border. Senior government official Shahid Ali says two drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle Saturday near the Sheen Warsak area of South Waziristan, killing a Yemeni militant and two others. The a... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736236-suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-3-pakistan.html 2012-12-01T13:31:00Z